Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema and Culture: Cinembargo Colombia [Hardcover]

An expanded translation of the groundbreaking book on Colombian cinema, this work addresses not only the inadequate distribution of criticism on Colombian cinema outside Latin America, but also employs an interdisciplinary focus that combines historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches to the country's culture.Translator's Preface by Laura Chesak Introduction Chaos, Myths, and Silences: Early Colombian Filmmaking Constructing a Cinematic Discourse on La Violencia Capturing the Margin: Cinema and Liminality in Colombia Gendered Genres: Women Pioneers in Colombian Cinema Visual Disjunctions: From the Experimental to Tropical Gothic Decentering the Centro : Film Noir and the Metamorphosis of Bogot? Reframing Violence: Towards Other Aesthetic Languages Searching for Images, Negotiating Transnational Spaces: The Reinvention of Colombian Cinema

Dense but fascinating reading,this a book for specialists in film studies, Latin American studies, and cultural studies. Su?rez writes with solid theoretical grounding regarding both feature films and documentaries by Colombian cineasts. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and researchers. - CHOICE

JUANA SU?REZ is an Adjunct Faculty Member at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Cinema Studies, and a candidate to the Master of Arts in Moving Image and Archive Preservation (2013). She is the author of Sitios de Contienda: Producci?n Cultural Colombiana y el Discurso de la Violencia (2010) and Cinembargo Colombia: Ensayos Cr?ticos sobre Cine y Cultura (2009).
 
LAURA CHESAK is Associate Professor of Romance Languages (Spanish) and Interim Associate Dean at The Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.